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Death Of A Salesman

Compare and contrast Biff and Happy as Willy's sons. How do they reflect or reject Willy's philosophies?
Willy Loman is a salesman with a fragile grip on reality. All his life he has strived for his version of the American dream –being "well liked" and making money– to the point where he is forced to deny reality in order to achieve it. His mind is full of delusions about his own abilities and accomplishments, and the accomplishments of his sons– Biff and Happy.
Biff, the eldest son, admires his father's drive and "notoriety". He believes in his father's dreams and aspirations until he finds out he is having an affair. Learning this destroys Biff's image of his father and he rejects his philosophies while labeling him "a phony little fake!"
However, even though he despises his father and what he represents he still ends up living a similar delusional life, exaggerating and manipulating reality in his favor.
Happy doesn't doubt his father's dreams; they have......


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